Role of smart city for sustainable development: exploring the nexus among smart cities, e-governance and environmental development

Smart cities and electronic governance (e-governance) emerged as a transformative concept in urban development, leveraging technology and data-driven approaches to enhance the quality of life for citizens. Smart cities integrate various domains such as transportation, energy, healthcare, waste management, and governance to create intelligent urban environments. Research on smart cities is emerging where experts are trying to uncover the influence of smart cities from various perspectives. This study endeavours to investigate the nexus between smart city capabilities such as smart homes, smart education, smart transportation, smart health, smart safety, and smart power with respect to environmental development (ED) along with moderation of (e-governance) with empirical analysis from the Chinese market. This study confirmed a positive connection of smart city applications on environmental development. Second, the moderating influence of e-governance was confirmed between smart city and ED. This study provides insights into smart cities and e-governance that how both can help to improve environmental performance of a nation along. The study provides various applications in terms of theoretical perspectives and managerial perspectives to better shape a society during the current era of artificial intelligence. The study states the drawbacks along with the future potential for future researchers. Copyright © 2024 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.